Labyrinth by Gian Carlo Menotti
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Opera commissioned by NBC Opera Theatre for television in 1963
Directed by Gian Carlo Menotti
Television Director - Kirk Browning
Conductor - Herbert Grossman
Cast:
John Reardon - Bridegroom
Judith Raskin - The Bride
Elaine Bonazzi - The Spy
Robert White - The Old Chess Player
Beverly Wolff - The Executive Director
Bob Rickner - The Executive Director's Secretary
Frank Porretta - The Astronaut
Leon Lishner - Death
John West - Death's Assistant
Nikiforos Naneris - The Bellboy
Eugene Green - The Italian Opera Singer
Thank you so much for posting this! I saw it when it was originally broadcast (when I was 10) and I've wanted to see or hear it again for a long time.
Le grand Menotti! Voilà vraiment un artiste révolutionnaire dans la qualité qu’il a su inventer à sa façon et qui reste inimitable! 🏆🎼🙏⭐️
I was sixteen when I saw this. It should have been rebroadcast about six months later, but was pre-empted by President Kennedy's funeral. I grew up in Washington, D.C, and recognized many of the cast from performances of the Opera Society of Washington. John Reardon, as Guglielmo, Schicchi, and an unforgettable Scarpia. Elaine Bonazzi, as his Dorabella, and an outstanding Zita. A serious work that nonetheless seemed and still seems to me a realization of the dream/nightmare qualities of Alice in Wonderland, using the television camera techniques of Ernie Kovacs. I've waited many years to see and hear this again.
I've always wanted to see this. Thanks for posting.
Was this possibly posted by Chip Menotti? Who was in Palm Beach with his father for performances of Amelia Goes to the Ball, in the 70s? His father was so charming, and I adore his operas, melodious and deeply psychologically true. Look at the Telephone today!
Bass/baritone Leon Lishner(the Director) was obviously a favorite singer of Menotti's; Lishner had originated the roles of the Secret Police Agent in "The Consul" and King Balthezar in "Amahl and the Night Visitors".
At least in those days they TRIED to bring some culture to average people. They've long since abandoned that in favor of Jersey Shore